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Word of the Day

April 3, 2022

Word of the Day – Lumpenintelligentsia

Lumpenintelligentsia (noun) lum-pen-in-tel-i-jen-tsee-a (derogatory British) as lacking taste, culture, etc. Also more generally: the intelligentsia…

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December 1, 2020

Word of the Day – Jentacular

Jentacular (adj) jen-tak-oo-lar Relating to breakfast From Latin ientaculum (“a breakfast taken immediately on getting…

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May 24, 2018

Word of the Day – Verklempt

Verklempt (adj) vu-klempt/fu-klempt Overcome with emotion. From Yiddish farklempt, from German verklemmt, literally ‘pinched, squeezed’.…

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October 11, 2017

Word of the Day – Ochlophobia

Ochlophobia (noun) ok-luh-fow-bee-a An extreme or irrational fear of crowds. (more…)

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July 30, 2017

Word of the Day – Swacked

Swacked (adj) (N. American) swak-d Very drunk. Past participle of the obsolete Scots swack ‘fling,…

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July 29, 2017

Word of the Day – Cereology

Cereology (noun) ser-ee-ol-oj-ee The study of crop circles. 1990s: from Ceres + -logy. (more…)

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July 18, 2017

Word of the Day – Telaesthesia

Telaesthesia (noun) tel-es-thee-see-a The supposed perception of distant occurrences or objects by means other than…

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July 14, 2017

Word of the Day – Bergschrund

Bergschrund (adj) Burg-sh-rund A crevasse at the junction of a glacier or snowfield with a…

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July 13, 2017

Word of the Day – Dahabeeyah

Dahabeeyah (noun) daa-haa-bee-ah A large passenger boat used on the Nile, typically with lateen sails.…

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July 2, 2017

Word of the Day – Pastiche

Pastiche (noun) pas-teesh An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work,…

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